M：You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions 14-16.
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W：Mr. Glieberman，do you see any change in the high rate of broken marriages？
M：The divorce rate is beginning to level off and probably will begin to drop in the next year or two，though not significantly.The tight economy has made it more difficult for troubled couples to handle all the costs associated with setting up separate house-holds.Also，I believe theres a comeback of thought—after the turbulent60s and70s—that the family does have value.In the midst of change and family disintegration， people seem to have a greater desire now to create stability in their lives.
W：What is the divorce rate now？
M：About 1 in 3 marriages ends in divorce，a ratio far higher than it was 20 years ago when the philosophy was “Well tough it out no matter what.Society demands that，for appearances sake，we stay together.”
Divorce no longer carries much disgrace.Theres no way，for example，that Ronald Reagan，a divorced man，could have been elected President in 1960.And there are countless other divorced politicians who years ago would have been voted out of office if they had even considered a divorce， let alone gotten one.
The same was true in the corporate structure，where divorced people rarely moved up the executive ladder.Now corporations welcome a divorced man，because they can shift him around the country without worrying about relocating his family or making certain that they are happy.
W：You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to Questions 17-20.
Section Ⅱ Use of English
21[答案]A
[注释]本题固然涉及副词的使用知识，然而，更重要的是考查考生句与句之间语义逻辑的理解能力。本题考察对上下文句意的理解。第一句指出：人们常拿二十世纪电视的发展同十五六世纪印刷术的普及作比较。第二句承上转折，但在（十五六世纪到二十世纪）这段时间内发生了许多事，强调两者是不能相提并论的。四个选项都是时间副词，但只有between…A and …B结构，而忽略了它可以作为副词，表示介于某两从此时间或地点之间的时间或地点，此时between=in between adv.
22[答案]D
[注释]本题考查考生对“it was not until……that……”句型的把握。until表示“直到……才”，在it was not until+时间 that+句子中，句中谓语动词用一般过去时，句意直到十九世纪，报纸才成为主要媒介。如果使用by，是句子时态应改为完成时，即“by the 19th century the newspaper had become the dominant medium”，在19世纪之前，报纸已成为主要媒介。而选[A]、[C]均不符合历史事实，报纸就是在19世纪开始发展成为主要媒体的。
23[答案]C
[注释]本题考查考生的词汇知识。medium是媒体，媒介的意思，复数形式为media，mass media指大众传媒，大众传播工具（尤指电视、报纸、无线电等）考生往往熟知media，却不知道其单数形式medium.
24[答案]B
[注释]本题主要考查介词短语知识。从the pamphlet和the book推断the periodical应该也是和newspaper处于并列关系。in the compary of sth.=together with 表示“与……一起”的意思。全句意思为：继宣传小册子和书本之后，直到十九世纪，报纸同杂志期刊一起成为电子时代之前的主要媒体。
